Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and Dota.
The lobby of Valve's former offices in Bellevue, Washington
Gabe Newell (foreground) and Doug Lombardi (background), 2007
Designer Robin Walker at Steam Dev Days 2014
Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the fifth-largest city in Washington. It has variously been characterized as a satellite city, a suburb, a boomburb, or an edge city. The population was 151,854 at the 2020 census. The city's name is derived from the French term belle vue.
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue seen from Meydenbauer Bay in 1902
Aerial view of Bellevue skyline
I-405 as seen from the NE 8th Street Overpass